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...Square, the downtown area filled with bars, restaurants and nightclubs that was sure to get a little wild if Canada beat Slovakia in the men's hockey semifinals. A young man wearing a red hockey jersey and red paint on both cheeks staggered over to me as I walked toward the station. "Hey, how do you f______ get downtown?" he asked slowly, putting his hand on my shoulder...
...wriggled free and pointed toward the proper train. "F___ yeah, I'm coming with you," he said. Terrific. As I walked, and he stumbled, into the station, he yelled "Woooooo!" at disturbed passersby. We got on the train, and he turned his glazed eyes toward me and said he was meeting friends. "Want to come with me?" he asked. Um, no thanks. (See TIME's full coverage of Vancouver...
...this bruised and shaken city took its first nervous steps toward reclaiming normality. While pockets of this country of 16 million lie in ruins - the country's President, Michelle Bachelet, declared several sections of central Chile "zones of catastrophe" - Santiago has had few injuries or deaths. But although the physical damage is minimal, there's a sense of unease that lingers below the city's shining surface. The wedding ceremony went ahead as scheduled at Catedral Metropolitana, but the congregation was, a participant guessed, perhaps one-fifth the number of those originally invited; the rest preferred to stay home. Meanwhile...
France's change of position is also an indication of how important Sarkozy views Rwanda in his efforts to radically revise French strategy toward Africa. For the past 40 years, Paris has dealt with its former African colonies under an interventionist policy called Françafrique, under which France propped up client regimes in Africa in order to maintain its political and business interests on the continent. Now Sarkozy is looking to loosen France's heavy political and military commitments in Africa and pass the responsibilities of maintaining security to a group of stable and reliable partners in the region...
These claims and counterclaims remain a dividing point between the countries. And to be sure, accused killers on both sides of the conflict remain free despite international warrants for their arrest. So while Sarkozy's humble mission to Rwanda is being seen as a good start toward reconciliation, it remains to be seen whether the trip will bear any real fruit - and if it will lead to France finally burying Françafrique and forging a new relationship with Africa...